In 2018, the federal government enacted the Agricultural
Improvement Act of 2018 (federal act), which removed hemp fromschedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. The federal actrequires the United States department of agriculture (USDA) to developa plan for the regulation of hemp and authorizes each state to seekapproval from the USDA to have primary regulatory authority over hempproduction within the state by preparing and submitting a state plan ofregulation to the secretary of the USDA.
The bill updates the laws governing Colorado's industrial hemp
regulatory program to align with the federal act and to put the departmentof agriculture in a position to prepare and submit a state plan to thesecretary of the USDA.